Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Treasury Increases Main Street America’s Surety Bond Capacity to $93.4 Million
Sep 1 2015 // The U.S. Department of the Treasury has raised The Main Street America Group’s NGM Insurance Company’s single surety bond capacity threshold to $93.4 million. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based super-regional...
Texas Legal Insurance Plan Joins Independent Agents Group
Aug 31 2015 // Texas Legal, the statewide nonprofit legal insurance plan founded by the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Legislature, announced it is now a member of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT). Legal insurance...
Plymouth Rock’s ‘Prime’ Combines Online Sales With Independent Agent Channel
Aug 30 2015 // Plymouth Rock Assurance — a Boston-based auto insurer serving Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire — this month launched a new online tool called “Prime.” The insurer says the new tool will...
The Independent Insurance Agent – What Customers EXPECT
Aug 17 2015 // Whether you are the owner of a local agency or the CEO of a large public broker – it feels like there is less and less oxygen in the room. Organic sales growth is tough; merger & acquisition activity in 2014 was...
Independent Agencies Growing Organically
Aug 17 2015 // Independent agencies are enjoying a period of high profitability boosted by healthy organic growth despite continued soft pricing in commercial lines. Independent insurance agents/brokers posted median organic growth of...
File-Share Firm Citrix Joins Independent Agents’ Technology Council
Aug 11 2015 // Citrix is the newest company partner of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Agents Council for Technology (ACT). Raleigh, North Carolina-based Citrix offers ShareFile, a file storage, sync and...
Organically Speaking, Independent Agencies Are Very Profitable
Aug 11 2015 // Independent agencies are enjoying a period of high profitability boosted by healthy organic growth despite continued soft pricing in commercial lines. Independent insurance agents/brokers posted median organic growth of...
Howden UK Acquires Perkins Slade, Independent Broker
Aug 10 2015 // Howden UK, part of the Hyperion Insurance Group, is delighted to announce the acquisition of Perkins Slade Forrest Holdings Ltd., subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. Perkins Slade is a leading independent...
Olson to Lead the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia as CEO
Jul 31 2015 // Betsy K. Olson was appointed chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia after a unanimous vote of its Board of Directors on July 29, 2015. Olson will take the reins on September 1. “Betsy...
Siegel Elected as President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia
Jul 2 2015 // Andy N. Siegel, president of Siegel Insurance, Inc., a Trusted Choice insurance agency in Atlanta, was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Inc. (IIAG) on June 13, during the...
Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia Elects Officers for 2015/2016
Jun 30 2015 // Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) inducted its 2015/2016 Board of Directors during the IIAV annual convention held June 21-23, 2015 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront in Virginia Beach,...
Kliewer Elected Chair of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
Jun 22 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Bill Kliewer, managing partner at BKCW in Killeen, to serve as chairman for 2015-2016. Kliewer has more than 35 years of insurance, financial and management...
What Agents Want for Future Growth: Channel Harvest Survey
Jun 4 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are interested in adding new carriers to those they place business with – but very few independent agents are interested in adding new products to the selection of products and services...
The Hartford Joins Agents’ Trusted Choice Website for Small Commercial Lines
May 28 2015 // The Trusted Choice.com website has snagged a leading agency system insurer to help independent agencies sell more small business policies online. The Hartford has joined the TrustedChoice.com online commercial insurance...
Google Dupes Insurance Buyers: Insurance Agent Executive
May 18 2015 // Independent insurance agents are accustomed to competition but many are watching with heightened interest the entry of one new competitor in particular, Google Compare. Bill Wilson, director of the Virtual University at...
Progressive Appointing New Independent Agents in Massachusetts
May 7 2015 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies announced it is actively appointing new agents for its auto product in Massachusetts. The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive said Massachusetts became the 50th and final...
What Agents Think About Google Compare
May 4 2015 // The independent agency system is no stranger to competition. But one new competitor in the marketplace has some agents and industry experts on watch. Google Compare – which stepped into the insurance ring in March – is...
Independent Agents Identify Business Opportunities for Carriers
May 4 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in adding new company partners. This is one of the preliminary findings of a recent national survey...
California’s Armitage Given Big “I” Highest Honor
Apr 24 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers has given Jim Armitage the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor IIABA bestows on one of its members, during the annual Big “I” legislative...
Big ‘I’ Recognizes Top Young Agent, States in Political Fundraising
Apr 23 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) this week presented awards to state affiliates and agents that have been the most effective raising money for the agents’ political...
